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What is the noun for umpires?

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umpire
  1. (tennis) The official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.
  2. (cricket) One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
  3. (baseball) One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game.
  4. (American football) The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side.
  5. (Australian rules football) A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. As of 2007 the Australian Football League uses 3, or in the past 2 or just 1. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are normally not called just umpires alone.
  6. (law) A person who arbitrates between contending parties
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “The judge appointed the umpire to settle the divorce dispute between the feuding couple.”
umpireship
  1. The post or office of umpire.
  2. Arbitration.
umpirage
  1. (law, archaic) The office (or term of office) of an umpire
  2. Examples:
    1. “Nations without that umpirage are in the condition of a population without government.”
      “These difficulties, however, may be overcome by resort to the umpirage provided for by the treaty.”
      “The invention relates to a whistle for use in umpirage of athletic games and in security jobs including guiding and signaling to gathering people.”
umpress
  1. (archaic) A female umpire.
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umpireships
  1. plural of umpireship
umpirages
  1. plural of umpirage
umpresses
  1. plural of umpress
umpires
  1. plural of umpire
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He tried to balk and twist around somebody and got caught holding the ball, and the umpires pay the free kick.”
      “Bragan's managerial ingenuity in confronting umpires was almost unlimited, both in the major leagues and the minors.”
      “Baseball players and managers of the offensive and defensive team, as well as umpires, can request time out for a number of purposes.”
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